themes I see- Money ( if that can be a theme),girl power, society
I think the title has to do with women in this society, where men are superior. A women needs her own room to do whatever she enjoys. Which wasn't very common, though men had studies where they could just sit and smoke a pipe if they pleased. Not only should a women get a room, she should get her own independent life-style if she desires! Our country built of equality has never really gotten the equal part down. The white men seems to rule over everyone; once slaves, women, children and now gays, the poor, when will it end?
I love how she explains that the books written about women were "been written in the red light of emotion and not in the white light of truth" This is typical man, getting all fired up about a topic before they know facts. I found it ironic she talks a lot of women's freedoms, yet since she has the inheritance, she doesn't work. Maybe working back then for women wasn't something of freedom. The end of Chapter 2 was great because she envisioned all the things men, women doing too!
The picture she paints in Chapter 3 of the women who are the important in a story, are really not important all. She says they "Some of the most inspired words, some of the most profound thoughts in literature fall from her lips; in real life she could hardly read, could scarcely spell, and was the property of her husband " This is sad and true idea she has found. She also finds it impossible for any women to have written in the time of Shakespeare due to the lack of education. The character she creates, Judith Shakespeare, I found it a bit odd to go into such great detail to prove her point. I love the point she makes at the end of ch. 3, that a genius mind must has no obstructions. All artists much overcome a lot of opinion from the outside world, but women suffer the most from it. To be a success you must block out what is going on outside, and take your mind to it's own place to create works of art.
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